High-protein, low-carbohydrate diet fanatics take note: The billions of cicadas emerging from the ground en masse this month are a healthy alternative to that bacon double-cheeseburger without the bun.

High-protein, low-carbohydrate diet fanatics take note: The billions of cicadas emerging from the ground en masse this month are a healthy alternative to that bacon double-cheeseburger without the bun.

This will be a banner year for a brood of summer bugs. Periodical Cicadas only emerge from the ground every 13 or 17 years. This summer, “Brood X” returns to our region. Some estimate as many as a million cicadas per acre.